Redmoor Root Wood

mickinherts · Jan 5, 2009

hiya, can any one help me, i have a piece of redmoor root wood which i scrubbed clean and soaked for a week in water and added to my tank, i got what looks likes slimey white mould growing on it, i have taken the wood out anf scrubbed again but the slimey white mould has returned. Can any one help on how i can get rid of this mould ??
many thanks
Mick

bae1994 · Jan 5, 2009

this is just an idea but maybe you could boil it to try and get rid of the mould stuff might work might not just an idea.

minxfishy · Jan 5, 2009

Its something that occurs with redmoor apparently, I was advised this when I got mine, you will need to periodically scrub it until the mouldy stuff stops coming back, its nothing to worry about and wont effect your fish.

TylerFerretLord · Jan 5, 2009

It will go away on its own eventually. Just something that some wood does when it's first submerged.

Davo86 · Jan 5, 2009

TylerFerretLord said:
It will go away on its own eventually. Just something that some wood does when it's first submerged.

i believe its just a coating of bacteria that develops on the bogwood when it is first submerged, it is totally harmless and as said above disappears within a few days if left

mickinherts · Jan 5, 2009

Thanks for all your replys. Will leave it for a couple of weeks and see what happens.

markandhisfish · Jan 6, 2009

you only had to soak yours for a week for it to sink? i have had mine in soak for almost 2 weeks now didnt get the mould but it still floats!

hellohefalump · Jan 6, 2009

you only had to soak yours for a week for it to sink? i have had mine in soak for almost 2 weeks now didnt get the mould but it still floats!

get a pair of old tights from your wife/gf/sister/mother. Cut a leg off, fill it with gravel or sand, tie up the end and put it on your redmoor to weight it down. Mine took 2 months to finally sink enough for me to take the tights off! It's a big piece of wood though.

aaronnorth · Jan 6, 2009

markandhisfish said:
you only had to soak yours for a week for it to sink? i have had mine in soak for almost 2 weeks now didnt get the mould but it still floats!

Make sure you sink it, put a rock on it or something, because if it is floating then it is still in contact with the air and therefore it will take alightly longer.